The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Yoshitarō Sakaguchi

Sakaguchi, Yoshitarō

Lieutenant-General

* 5th of January 1892

† 15th of January 1965

(阪口芳太郎)

(さかぐち よしたろう)

Promotions

1936-08-01 Colonel
1939-03-09 Major-General
1941-11-06 Lieutenant-General

Service

1936-03-28 1937-11-01 Commanding Officer 12th Air Regiment
1937-11-01 1938-07-15 Executive Officer, Tokyo Army Aviation School
1938-07-15 1939-12-01 Instructor at the War College
1939-12-01 1941-11-13 Head of Army Aviation Experimental Department
1941-11-13 1942-06-01 Deputy Chief of Staff, Southern Army
1942-06-01 1942-10-15 Head of Army Aviation Technical Research Institute
1942-06-01 1942-10-15 Head of Army Aviation Experimental Department
1942-10-15 1943-05-19 Head of Inspection Bureau, Army Aviation Headquarters
1943-05-19 1944-03-22 General Officer Commanding 4th Air Division
1944-03-22 1944-07-28 Deputy Chief of Staff, Southern Army
1944-07-28 1945-02-01 Attached to Army Aviation Headquarters
1945-02-01 1945-06-06 Deputy Chief of Tokai Munitions Administration Section, Ministry of Munitions
1945-02-01 1945-06-06 Comptroller, Army Aviation Headquarters
1945-06-06 Retired